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The Moon on Monday, December 20, 1943: Waning Crescent, 44% lit

Waning · 43.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 05°

Moon age

22.9days

Moon phase on December 20, 1943Waning Crescent

Monday 20 December 1943398,483 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 20, 1943, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 43.7% of its visible face lit, 22.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

43.7%Illumination at noon UTC
22.9 dMoon age
398,483 km247,606 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (5°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 1943 is on Saturday, December 11, 1943 at 16:25 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 27, 1943 at 03:50 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, December 19, 194320:04
New Moon (after)Monday, December 27, 194303:50

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Monday, December 20, 1943 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 27, 1943 to the new moon of December 27, 1943, a cycle of 29.52 days.